Alendronate with and without cholecalciferol for osteoporosis: Results of a 15-week randomized controlled trial

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1745-1755

  Recker, Robert ^a   Lips, Paul ^b   Felsenberg, Dieter ^c   Lippuner, Kurt ^d   Benhamou, Laurent ^e   Hawkins, Federico ^f   Delmas, Pierre D ^g   Rosen, Clifford ^h   Emkey, Ronald ⁱ   Salzmann, Gretel ^j   He, Weili ^j   Santora, Arthur C ^j  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Centre Hospitalier Regional   (France)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ RADIANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^j MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alendronate; Cholecalciferol; Osteoporosis; Randomized controlled trial; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALENDRONIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLECALCIFEROL; FOSAVANCE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; ALENDRONATE; BONE AND BONES; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTMENOPAUSE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33748995408     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X120913     Document Type: Article

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